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RSS FeedsLeft Alive Review - No Will To Survive
(GameSpot PSP News)

 
 

15 march 2019 19:04:23

 
Left Alive Review - No Will To Survive
(GameSpot PSP News)
 


You awaken in a city under enemy occupation after neighbouring forces swept in and brutally laid waste to soldiers and civilians alike. You´re separated from your squad, your Wanzer mech heavily damaged and unable to operate, with nothing but the local army´s omnipotent AI, Koshka, to help guide you to safety. Left Alive´s opening salvo shows its certain potential, but while the premise pulls you in, the take away once it´s all over is one of resounding disappointment. Left Alive is an astoundingly infuriating grind that lacks in almost every area, making a wholly unrewarding experience.Set in the same universe as the long-neglected Front Mission series, you alternate between three main characters--a rookie Wanzer pilot, a former military veteran turned beat cop, and a ghosted merc who´s been presumed dead for two years. Each character is on a different path to try and escape the city that´s overrun with enemy mechs and soldiers. Their paths will intertwine over the course of the game´s 14 missions allowing for some occasionally fun interplay between the protagonists, but that´s about as interesting as their story gets. Moments of both political and personal intrigue go for knockout blows with almost no set up, leaving them feeling flat and impactless, and the story never really gets back on its feet.Surviving the numerous open-world sections of the city is the main point of Left Alive, avoiding combat where possible and traversing slowly and silently through the torn up streets littered with abandoned cars and flaming piles of rubbish. As you move from point to point, you´ll scavenge items and components--from empty cans and bottles to stripping parts from destroyed drones--in order to craft traps and projectiles. But even with these tools, progress comes slowly, and arduously, for a variety of different reasons, the chief of which is the game´s stunningly poor combat.Weapons in general feel woefully inadequate and underpowered. Guns are weak and make a lot of ...


 
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